Missouri Eastern Inmate Custody
Missouri Eastern Correctional Center, commonly identified by DOC as MECC, is operated by the Missouri Department of Corrections. DOC lists the prison in Pacific with minimum and medium security. It holds sentenced Missouri Department of Corrections male offenders, not people who are simply waiting in the county jail after a St. Louis County arrest. The prison is physically in St. Louis County, but its custody system is statewide. A person sentenced from St. Louis County Circuit Court can be moved through DOC reception and classification, then assigned to MECC or a different state institution.
That distinction controls the lookup path. The county REJIS jail locator is for current county jail custody at the St. Louis County Justice Center. It will not serve as a reliable locator for a sentenced state prisoner once DOC has accepted custody. Missouri DOC's offender search is the correct public path for active offenders, probationers, parolees, and current institution placement when the record is not withheld for safety, security, or confidentiality.
The successful manifest image from the official MECC facility page shows the DOC facility listing used for the prison address, phone, security level, and visiting sessions.
The official DOC listing is also the basis for treating MECC as a state prison, not as a St. Louis County jail facility.
Missouri Eastern Prison Status
DOC lists Missouri Eastern Correctional Center as a minimum and medium security prison. The official DOC facility listing does not publish a current MECC capacity figure, so the sourced facts here are facility type, operator, location, phone, security level, warden, chaplain contact, and visiting periods. Avoid using an unsourced capacity figure for this prison.
| Facility Detail | Sourced Information |
|---|---|
| Operator | Missouri Department of Corrections |
| Facility type | State prison |
| Security level | Minimum and medium |
| Population held | Sentenced Missouri DOC male offenders |
| Capacity | Not located in the official DOC source reviewed |
Search Missouri Eastern Inmates
Use the Missouri DOC Offender Web Search for Missouri Eastern Correctional Center inmate records. The DOC welcome page states that the system searches active offenders, including probationers and parolees, and searches first and last names including aliases. It does not provide discharged offenders. DOC also warns that some offenders may be withheld because of safety, security, or confidentiality. When a St. Louis County jail inmate has been sentenced and transferred to DOC, the county roster may stop being the useful record.
- Open the Missouri DOC Offender Web Search, not the St. Louis County jail locator.
- Complete the captcha image or audio challenge before the search form opens.
- Search by first and last name, including any known alias if the first search fails.
- Confirm the person's active status and institution assignment before assuming the person is at MECC.
- For court charges or sentencing history, use Missouri Case.net with the St. Louis County case number or litigant name.
| DOC Search Field | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Captcha image | Image challenge | Yes before search | Enter letters and numbers from the image. |
| Get New Image | Button | No | Reloads the captcha. |
| Read Image | Button | No | Plays audio for the captcha. |
| Proceed to Offender Search | Submit button | Yes after captcha | Opens the search after validation. |
| First Name / Last Name | Text fields | Expected | DOC says names and aliases are searched. |
Missouri Eastern Contact
Use the DOC facility contact information for MECC questions about prison custody, visiting, and facility-level rules. The St. Louis County Justice Center phone line is not the right route for sentenced DOC prisoners. If the question is about a court sentence, docket entry, or pending appeal, the court record and attorney may be more useful than the prison front desk.
Missouri Eastern Correctional Center
18701 US Highway 66
Pacific, MO 63069
636-257-3322
Missouri Department of Corrections facility
Facility Details
Fax: 636-257-5296
Warden: Patricia Wickey
Chaplain: Bryan Brown, extension 1241
Bryan.Brown@doc.mo.gov
Missouri Eastern Visiting
MECC visitation follows Missouri DOC prison rules. It is not the same as the daily county jail visiting schedule in Clayton. DOC's facilities material says eligible offenders who are not in diagnostic process or a treatment program can have an approved visiting list with a maximum of 20 visitors. Visitors should make sure they are approved, follow DOC dress and search rules, and confirm the prison's current schedule before travel.
| Day | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Friday | 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; 2:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. | DOC approved-list visitation |
| Saturday | 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; 2:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. | DOC approved-list visitation |
| Sunday | 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; 2:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. | DOC approved-list visitation |
Arrive with government photo identification and allow time for prison entry screening. If a person is in DOC diagnostic status, a treatment program, disciplinary status, or a transfer stage, visiting rules may change. The prison can also adjust visiting periods for staffing, safety, weather, or operational needs.
Missouri Eastern Mail
The official MECC facility listing confirms the prison address and DOC operator, but it does not provide a facility-specific mail-format table or money-deposit fee table. Use Missouri Department of Corrections mail and money rules for state prisoners, and confirm the current offender number, housing location, permitted items, and vendor route before sending funds or mail. Do not use St. Louis County Justice Center digital mail or Securus county jail instructions for MECC unless DOC separately directs that route.
| Service | Provider or Detail | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri DOC prison mail rules | Confirm offender name, DOC number, and current facility before sending. | |
| Money deposits | Missouri DOC approved deposit process | The official MECC listing does not publish a prison-specific fee table. |
| Phone | Missouri DOC prison phone process | Do not apply county jail Securus rules unless DOC confirms the same route. |
| Victim notifications | VINELink/DHS-VINELink | Missouri MOVANS covers DOC supervision and custody notifications. |
Missouri Eastern DOC Admission
A state prison admission is not the same as street-arrest booking. A St. Louis County arrest may start at a police agency or the Justice Center, then move through prosecutor review, court filing, plea or trial, sentencing, and DOC transfer. Once DOC receives a sentenced prisoner, classification reviews custody level, program needs, health issues, security factors, and institution placement. MECC may become the assigned institution, but another Missouri prison can also hold the person depending on classification.
Terms matter in this part of the search. A county jail inmate is usually pretrial or serving a local sentence. A DOC offender is serving a state sentence or is under state supervision. Probation and parole are community supervision statuses, while prison is physical custody. The DOC search can cover active offenders on probation or parole as well as people in prison, so confirm the location and status fields before planning a visit.
- DOC
- Missouri Department of Corrections, the state agency that runs prisons and supervision.
- Classification
- The prison review of custody level, safety, health, and program needs.
- Discharged offender
- A person no longer active in DOC custody or supervision. DOC says these records are not provided in the public search.
- Approved visiting list
- The DOC list of visitors approved to see an eligible offender, with a maximum of 20 visitors in the cited DOC material.
Missouri Eastern Records
For current prison custody, begin with the DOC offender search. For the criminal case that sent a person from St. Louis County to prison, use Missouri Case.net. Case.net can show case numbers, charges, docket entries, hearing dates, bond orders, dispositions, and sentencing entries once those items are public. For victim or custody status notifications, VINELink/DHS-VINELink is available in Missouri, and Missouri DPS reported MOVANS notification changes effective May 5, 2026. Check current notification options before relying on phone or app alerts.
Federal and immigration custody are separate from MECC. The Bureau of Prisons inmate locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to present, while ICE's Online Detainee Locator System covers adults in ICE custody or in CBP custody for more than 48 hours. Neither one is a St. Louis County jail roster or a Missouri DOC prison roster. If a county jail record shows a federal or immigration hold, the holding authority can affect release even when local bond or sentence information looks complete.
About Missouri Eastern
Missouri Eastern Correctional Center is the state-prison facility in St. Louis County that most often causes search confusion for local users. It is close enough to appear in county facility lists, but it is not part of St. Louis County Justice Services. Its prison records, visitor approval, custody status, and offender movement are handled by Missouri DOC. That means county jail sources are useful only for the earlier arrest and booking stage, if the person passed through county custody before sentencing.
MECC's official DOC page lists latitude and longitude, facility acronym, contact information, security level, and visiting periods. It does not publish an official current capacity figure for MECC, so capacity should be confirmed from DOC if a precise number is needed. The stronger public facts are the facility's role, operator, security level, address, phone, and the statewide offender search path.
Note: Confirm DOC location, approved visitor status, and current visiting sessions before traveling to MECC.